World Book Day
Today, we celebrated World Book Day!
Some of us completed some fun book-related activities…
… or just enjoyed some reading time.
Some of us created a trailer for a fantastic book using some computing skills…
… or used computing skills and our knowledge of books to create a quiz.
Sometimes reading takes me to another world. Sometimes it’s just nice to look at funny fiction or adventurous action. It’s like watching a movie but in your mind. – Javi
You get to explore new things. – Jiya
We should celebrate books to help people understand why it’s good to be a reader. – Betsy
Reading is good for your mental health and increases your knowledge. – Omar
World Book Day Stay & Learn
The classroom is all set up ready for our World Book Day stay & learn session tomorrow morning. We look forward to inviting parents and carers into our classroom. See you all tomorrow!
Living and Learning: I know we’re all the same and we’re all different
Last week, in Year 2 , we have read the book ‘Elmer’ by David McKee and considered things from another’s point of view. How might Elmer feel about being different from the other elephants? Why did Elmer want to look like the other elephants? How do the other elephants view Elmer?
Through this book, the children were able to discuss how the elephants are the same and different. We have applied this to ourselves too.
Help at home: What similarities and differences are there between all the people in you family? Encourage you child Say what they really like about someone else and why.
Our new Computing topic!
Today’s computing learning focused on the skill of selection.
“Selection means choosing different things. We use ‘If… then… else…’ in Scratch,” explained Rufus.
Our goal was to create an interactive quiz game where the sprite would react different depending on what answer was given.
Help at home by quizzing your child on this half term’s vocabulary.
Previously, we have analysed what is a computer and what isn’t by the definition that it can input, process, store and output data.
Last lesson, we used repetition to create an animation!
It’s very good because I enjoy making my own games. – Javi
It’s really interesting because I love learning about computing and how projects work. – Saif
Cross country
Well done to the children who represented school at the Leeds Schools Sports Association cross country race at the weekend in typical cross country conditions!
Thank you to parents who supported and transported children to this event.
It was incredibly muddy and very cold and wet. I was really impressed (as always) with the children who ran in such tough conditions and supported each other all the way.
This was the last race of the season. However, local Park Runs continue weekly at Roundhay Park and Temple Newsam.
York Railway Museum
Today, Reception went on their first school trip to York Railway Museum. We enjoyed looking at the trains in The Great Hall. We particularly enjoyed sitting on the high-speed Japanese bullet train – the world’s fastest passenger rail network. We also found the replica version of Stephenson’s Rocket.
We look forward to sharing more photos in our class assembly next Wednesday.
Class assembly
The children have been working hard to get ready to share their learning at our class assembly tomorrow, 6th March.
See you at 2:40pm.
We hope you enjoy it!
PE: How can we improve our performance in physical activity as part of a healthy lifestyle?
Once again, Year 5 were joined by our visitors from the University of Leeds. This week we focused more on physical education (PE). We discussed how we can improve our performances in PE.
The three main ways are:
Sleep
Children aged between 6-12 should be getting 9-12 hours of sleep every night. Here are some reasons sleep is VERY important:
- Reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases
- Improve mental health
- Allows the body to recover and grow stronger
- Helps us to conserve energy
Diet
Routine
Going to bed at the same time every night helps us to sleep better and feel more awake during the day. Therefore, we have more energy which directly improves our physical activity performance.
Our lesson then lead us on to reaction time. Did you know an adult’s average reaction time is 250 milliseconds whereas a cat’s average reaction time is 20-70 milliseconds.
We then put our reaction times to the test with a little experiment.
Help at home: Ask your child to explain the reaction time experiment or why not give it a go yourself. Also, try one of these ways to improve sleep.
- Go to bed at the same time every night
- Make sure your mattress, pillows and duvet are comfortable
- Aim to not use devices such as phones, TVs and videogame consoles 2 hours before bed.
The Secret Garden
It was a pleasure to welcome M&M productions to perform ‘The Secret Garden’ for us. It’s a classic story (written in 1911!) about resilience and friendship. They gave it a modern twist with some familiar songs – it was very entertaining!
What a start to the week it was! Keep your eyes peeled for what we get up to on World Book Day, this Thursday.
Help at home by discussing what your child liked about the performance using the pictures above! Can your child retell the story?
We loved it!
Y2 – I really liked it because Master Colin was able to walk. He believed in himself.
Y6 – It was funny and had all the things a play should have. I’ll definitely be checking out the book from the library.
Y3 – The sign language song was cool and interesting!
Y5 – I liked the show because they had a creative way to change the scene. They had a great voice projection.
Reading records: Draw it!
Check out some super ‘Draw It’ activities from Year 4’s reading records!
Help at home by making sure your child’s reading record is accompanied by a comment from an adult. Thank you!